Can-opener and bottle-decapper.



G. W. JOPSON. CAN OPENER AND BOTTLE DEO'APPER.

APPLICATION FILED DEO.28,190B.

QQQ FQQD Patented May 25, 1909.

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ill-7 elm-n1 AINDFLOYD. HUBBARD, BOTH or M'Elt-IDE'N, uonsnc'rlom.

; CAN-OE'iNER Ami BOT'rtE-D CAPPEBZ I No. 922,702. s eiacation of Letter Pit tens Patented May 25, 1 909 Application filed ne s 2B, 1908-. sermi mo. 469,643.

To all whom it mug zconcem: I Be itknown that-l, (leoncn WIJOPsQ'N, a citizen of the United. States, iesi ling at M eri- 4 denfln the county of New Haven and State the p-lane of the bodyfi. of Connecticutylnive invented anMvamluse: In using this-t i ful Improvement in(an opcncrs' and Bottler it is'tnrned to bring the blade 7 iiito'fa hurl-- zont.al plane; the plate 'or body 6 then he} lco nes the l'idrruin-foi the decapping-hook 2,, lhe'plate 6 being laid-lla'twisc 'u on the cap I Decappe|*s; and'l do hereby declare ihc lol- .4low1 ng, when taken n com'iect 'on with: the accompanying.lrmrn'igs and the numerals of with a'shank or .tang 9 entering a handle inward fro'in'the strap. This ean-openeris or grip 10:. The inner fulcrum-arm is bent; prow idc-d with a decapping h'ook- 29 extendingthc fulc1u1n=arni- 22, the hook ieing blade 7 into a plane sufficiently inclii ie'd used by catching it under the cap. ,.'lhe detheretq'to permit theouterfulcruni-arni3 to I i be'be'nt so as toextcnd across the blgide-7 at a right angle to the plane thereof, and'hencc to ievice as a lu ttle-d ecappcr,-- 60 reference n arhvd"thoreoi'i, to boa full; clear, f under the edgciof which the hoo iii-caught andexactdesription'ol' the snine, and which Y The handle ltl'is then depressed, whereby the said' drewmgs constitute part of this sp'eciti- 1 hook 2 is lifted a ainst the edge of thecep I cat on, and represent, ilk- 1 which isthus-madly removed; 7 i 1111?; re, 'l a perspective view of one form 'In the modified construction shownby -wlnc -my improved can-opener and-bottle- Fig.2, the dccapping'hpok 11 instead of be dcce )per.may assume. 'Fig. 2 :1 correspond ing for ned at the end of the outer 'fulcrunv i -ig'vicw with the handle-removed, ofa modi arm 12, as illustratedin Fig; 1', constitutes hed'eonstruction of the same type. .l ig. 3 a an extension of the upper edge thereof, and plan View of a niodificd construction of the. is therefore locatethopposite the clearance .zofs trap-handle type; .ig. 4a view' thereof in notch 13 in the said arm which of itself cons de elevation. Fig. 5 a broken View in side stitut'esan extension o l 1 l e elevatioii'of another modification of my-inarm-14 which is formed integr al with a body :V6Il'tIDn. 8,S apl' lied to the strap-handle type. or'plate l'5having a tan'g'or shank I6, and of tool 'whic is shown with the blade i 'c,- also comprising :a blade 17;scparatcd-fro1n .25 'v ersedto bn'ng the dccapping hook into pOsithe fulcrum arms 12 and 14 by a clearance. tron for use. Fig. 6 aview of the-same (10-, slot 18. The said arm His l entinto'ii Plane vice-in the same position, in front elevation. standing at a snfficientangle to'the plane of .Fig. 7 a View in front elevation of'an'othe'r 'tbeplat'e 1-5-t.o permit the arm-'1 21 to be exmodification ofmy'invention as applied to i tended at'a .rightangleacross the blade 17. 3Q can-openerof tliet pe shownby FlgS. l andZ In 'usingthis form' of my 'iIll]iI()YPll-1P llt"its.

My invention re ates to an improved can- 7 blade 17 is 'rcvcrsedifrom the position inopener andbottlerdecapper, the object being which it is used as a can-opener so thatthe" to produce ata low cost, a simple article conedge 19 of'the plate 15'will rest upon the cap I v structed with particular reference to strength and constitute the fi'ilc'ru'ni for thc tie-capping and convenience.v i f e function of the device. I

With these endsinriew, uiyinventiou con In Figs/3 and 4 of the lim"viii'gs,v I have -sis'ts inn combined can-opener and bottlci shown my inventionas -applied to a can decapper having certain details 0f 'COIlSi1?1I l'opcner of the type having its handle 20 I 'tion as 'will be hereinafter described and l tin-med from a wrought-metal 'str'aptlieexpointed out in the claims. trcnic cnd's of whicharc bent at. a right. angle In carryingout'n'iy invention {tSfihOM'Il-lll 'to the axis-of thehandle tofcr'ln .fulcruin Fig. I, Iform'a dcca ping-hook 2'hy extendl arms 21 and ZZ-Iocatcd in -line"with each. ing the extreme mt of the outer fulcruml other and extending at arightangleacross arm 3 which is formed with, a notch 4 and, as l the blade 23 the shank of which is secured by it'may be said, itself constitutes an extension 5 rivets- 24'betwce'n 'the shank-"portions 251 and of the innerfulcrumaarni which is "ina(lcf:'-25" otthc strap, the said shank-portions of integral with the plate or body (i-l'roin which i "which arealsoswurcd together by a rivet 26 ...theblade 7 is also formed, the fulcru|n-n rms l located directly llfltfikffiillt fulcrum arms 21 I 3 and 5, and the blade 7 being separated by a and22. Acork screw 27 located in fh'e.han. clearance space 8, and thcbody o'bcing formed dlc 20 is pivotally hung, on projections 28 set ivices shown and described, the decepping hook constitutes an extensien oi, or is carvice is'then rocked upon the slnnilyportimi 25 of the strap which is laid lhttwise upon the hottle-cap. 1 i v in the constructions shown by Figs. 5 and 6, a can-owner of the sznn'e type as that shown by jigs. 3 and 4 is provided with an independently. formed deeepping hook 150 having a. plate 31 by 'whiclrit is. secured by rivets '32, 32, to fulcrum-mans 33, corresponding to the t'nlcrinmarnis 21, 22, before mentioned. In using this, form 01' my de-f Vice, it is' reversed so as to hring'the blade 34 uppermost, at'whieh tintethe lower edges of the slmlll porbions 35 of the strap will rest edgewise upon the bottle-c9;

In Fig. 7 I have shown stiil another modi- 1 fiCtLllOIl of my im rovement as applied to the types shown by igs. 1 and 2o the drttwings. In this construction, the 'decapping book 86 constitutes an extension of the outer i arm 3701i the, fulcrum and extends from left to right in the plane of the arm instead of A rearward at ii. right angle to the plane of the arm as in the forms shown by Figs. 1 and 2.

It; will be ohservedthat in all of the do ried by, the outer portion the fulcrum and is designed to rely upon the shank-portion of 1- the tool as n fulcrum for the decnpping funci l. A eomhined can-opener :Llltl hottletltl'ill lltl' hmin; a l hule, 1tl'ult-rum nrm extending'neross the same, end :1. (let-zipping hook l'orn'iin'; :in extension of the outer portion of the l'uleriun nun and utilizing the shank portion of tilt-derive in the performance ol' its deeuppin;- l'unetion. v

2. In a combined earn-openerendhottletlecnppet'. the comhilnu ion with o, llltt-tlt; ol :1. fulcrum arm extending at u. rin'ht tingle across the hlzule, und :1 (ltttllillllfi-lltfllli formed integral ilh the outer purl ion of the fulcrum :u'm, l ut utilizing :iv portion ol the shank of the devit-e in the pei'l'ornuuice ol the decapping hint-lion. when the hook is euught under the edge of the cup 3. ln a con inued earn-opener and hottle+ tle cnpper. the combination, with the ltltttlt thereof, of n fulcrum nrm. extending nt a right angle across the blade, und 1} decnpping hook eonstitutingelr integral extension-0f the outer end of the fulcrum arm and utilizing the shank of the device in the perl'nrm- .unee ot the decappmg function.

- in testnnony whereohl have signed this specification in the presence of two suhserihing witnesses.

GEORGE W. JUPSOX Witnesses:

JOHN R. HULL,

LEWIS W. BARBER. 

